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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 76/100. Every source lands within 3 points of the others. Scores higher than 85% of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic76/100
212 audience votes
Key crew
- Takashi MiikeDirector
- Kikumi YamagishiScreenplay
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Koji YakushoKageyu
- Ichikawa Ebizo XIHanshirô Tsugumo
- Eita NagayamaMotome
- Hikari MitsushimaMiho
- Naoto TakenakaTajiri
- Kazuki NamiokaUmanosuke Kawabe
- Hirofumi AraiHayatonosho Matsuzaki
- Munetaka AokiHikokuro Omodaka
- Takashi SasanoSousuke priest
- Gorō DaimonPriest
- Ayumu SaitoFujita
- Takehiro HiraNaotaka Ii
Stills
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Themes
japansamuraiasiahonorpovertyseppukucode of honorroninshogunjidaigekibushidodaimos
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